norton



(No Model.)

BIH. NORTON. COMBINED 00MB AND PEN 0R PENCIL HOLDER.

No. 597,121. Patented Ja,11.11,l898.

w" Y "f /4 /f fa y A Wl TIIESSESJ- INVEH 7-'00 www HQQLM.;

/ Armen-xr.

UNITED STATES PATENT Errori..

EDVARD H. NORTON OF NEV YORK, Y.

COMBINED COMB AND PEN OR PENCIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,121, dated January 11, 1898.

` Application filed May 19J 1897. Serial No. 637,141. (No model.)

To al@ whom t may concern:

13e it known that 1, EDWARD I-I. NORTON, a citizen. of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkdiave invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Comband Pen or Pencil Holder, of which the following is a Jfull and complete specification, such as will enable those skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to combination combs and pen or pencil holders; and the bject thereof is to provide an improved device of this class which is simple in construction and operation and which is designed for oftice and other use; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in the device hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which,l

Figure 1 is acentral longitudinal section of my improved combination comb and pen holder; Fig. 2, a similar view showing the parts in a different position from that shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a section'on the line 3 3 of Fig. l.

1n the drawings forming part of this specification the separate parts of my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and in the practice of my invention I provide a tubular holder 5, which is open at one end, as shown at 6, and the opposite end of which is closed, as shown at 7,4and provided with a small slot or opening S. l

The tubular holder 5 is provided in one side thereof with a longitudinal slot or opening 9, and directly opposite said slot or opening is secured a longitudinal radial ange 10, and the said holder is provided near the open end thereof and on the side opposite the longitudinal slot or opening 9 with a short longitue dinal slot 11, and mounted in the holder 5 is a sliding bai-12, one end of which is provided with a hook 13, which is adapted to be projected through the slot or openingS in the end 7, and the opposite end of said bar isprol vided with an arm 14, at the en.dofvhich is formed a hook 15, and mounted in the said holder is a sliding piston or head 16, which is provided with an arm 17, in which is formed l a slot 28, through which the hook of the arm 1e passes, and said piston or head 16 is provided with a headed pin 18, which passes through the slot 11, and the said piston or head 1G is adapted to serve as a holder for a pen 19. [also provide a plurality of comb teeth 20, which are composed of wire or any preferred material and any desired number of which may be employed, and these combteeth are provided at their inner ends with angular arms 21, which pass through the radial longitudinal iiange 10 and are pivotally connected with the sliding bar 12, as shown at 22, said angular arms being provided with cranks 23, by which connection with the sliding bar 12 is made, and the combteeth 2O project through the longitudinal slot 9 in the holder 5, and the opposite side Walls of said longitudinal slot are preferably provided With"inwardly-directed flanges 2a.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

TWhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2, the pen 19 maybe used, and when ever` it is desired to use the comb the head of the pin 18 is moved inwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, and this operation forces the piston or head 16 inwardly and moves the bar 12 longitudinally and raises the teeth of the comb into the position shown in Fig. l, and in this operation the hook 13 of the bar 1:2 passes through the opening S in the end of the holder, and whenever it is desired to use the pen or Whenever the use of the comb is no longer desired the headed pin 1S is operated to return the parts to the position shown in Fig.

In the operation of the parts as above described the "inner end of the arm 17 of the piston or head 1G strikes the angular portion of the arm 14, so as to force the bar 12 into the position shown in Fig. 1, and this movement of the bar 12 is very slight, and in the outward movement of the piston or head 1U the hook 15 strikes the inner end of the slot 18 in the arm 17, so as to return the teeth of the comb to the position shown in Fig. 2.

This device is simple in construction and operation and is perfectly adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it Will be apparent that a pencil or similar IOO device may be substituted for the pen 19, end other changes in and modifications of the oonstruction herein described may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention or secriicing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A combination comb, and pen or pencil holder, consisting of e tubular holder which is open et one end `end provided in one side thereof, with e longitudinel slot and adjacent to the open end, end in the opposite 'side with f e short longitudinal slot, a longitudinallymovaible ber mounted in said holder, e plurelity of comb-teeth pivotelly connected therewith, end also pivotelly connected with the holder et one side thereof, and e sliding heed or piston mounted in the open `end of saidi holder, `end adapted to 'hold e pen or pencil, l seid piston or head being provided with means for operating seid longitudinally movable g bei', substantially as shown and described.

2. A combination comb, and pen or pencil holder, consisting of e tubular holder provided on one ,Side theieof,with elongitu'dinel slot through which the teeth of the comb project, one end of seid holder being open, end, provided with e short longitudinal-slot, e lon'- gitudinellvmovablc bar mounted in saidtubular holder, e, longitudinal iiange secured to yone side of seid holder adjacent to seid ber, e vplurality of comb-teeth pivotelly connected with seid iionge, and provided With cranks With which seid sliding bar is connected, and :t longitudinally-moveble pen or pencil holder mounted in the open end of said tubular holder, and in operative connection with seid longitudinally-movable bar, substantially as shown end described.

3. A combination comb, and pen or pencil holder, comprising a. tube es 5, which is provided in one side with e longitudinal slot es 9, seid tube being open et one end, and being provided et the opposite end With e slot or opening, e longitudinal flange secured to seid tube opposite the longitudinal slot 9, t plurelity of comb-teeth as 20, pivotelly connected With seid flange, e longitudinally-movable ber as`12, mounted in seid tube and pivotally connected with said ycomb-teeth, e piston or head es l6,omoun-ted in the open end of seid tube, and provided With 'a slotted erm es i7, Which is adapted to operate in connection with en erm formed on seid longitudinallymovable bar, sai-'d pistonor heed being adept 'ed to hold e pen or pencil, and being provided with e heededr pin which passes through e slot voropeni'ng formed in the tube 5, substantially es shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing es my invention I have signed my name, in presence of 'the subscribing witnesses, this 17th dey of Mey, 1897.

EDWARD H. NORTON.

Witnessesz T. M. CARR, A. C. VAN BLAH-oon. 

